Betz, Pauline (1919–)
Betz, Pauline (1919–)
American tennis player. Name variations: Bobbie Betz, Pauline Betz Addie. Born Pauline May Betz, Aug 6, 1919, Dayton, Ohio; grew up in Los Angeles; graduated Rollins College, 1943; m. Bob Addie (sportswriter for Washington Post).
A baseline player, won US singles title (1942–44, 1946), but international career was mostly dormant because of WWII; won Wimbledon championship (1946). Inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame (1965).
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